Mike Starr

If you watch Would? In the music video, you can see that his Spector bass has black tuners which the NS-2a basses had, and dotted fret markers which the NS-2A basses also had. The bridge is black with black tuners and hardware like NS-2A basses have so this is the case. However I’m almost positive he recorded Dirt with a NS-2.

"in case anyone is interested, i got an email from Evan Sheeley from bass northwest in Seattle, he worked with alice in chains on facelift and dirt. He says " I did work with Mike Starr and Alice In Chains on their first two studio albums. The tone you hear was from a Spector NS-2 bass, Ampeg SVT-II amp head, SVT-810E cabinet and on the Dirt album I also used an ART SGX Nightbass in addition to the miked up cabinet and direct box.

Right from the guy who was there!"

Throughout the video we can see Mike playing his sunburst Spector NS-2. He also owned a white and a black one.

In this photo from Metalinsider, Mike Starr is pictured with a Rickenbacker 4080, indicating his use of this extended range guitar.

Mike Starr used a Fender Jazz Bass while recording the song "Black Cloud." This is evidenced by a user-uploaded photo.

Bassist Mike Starr can be seen playing a Rickenbacker 4001 in his original band "Sato." He commonly used this bass during gigs. Not really sure what happened to it, but he later became known for playing Spector NS-2 basses with Alice in Chains.

Mike Starr used the Washburn B-70RS bass during early live performances and on the initial EPs from the "Facelift" era. This is evidenced by a user-uploaded photo.

In a user-uploaded photo, it is shown that Mike Starr used a Kramer Ferrington Acoustic Bass to double-track on Alice in Chains' "Facelift" and "Dirt" albums.

The amp used on his AiC records.

"in case anyone is interested, i got an email from Evan Sheeley from bass northwest in Seattle, he worked with alice in chains on facelift and dirt. He says " I did work with Mike Starr and Alice In Chains on their first two studio albums. The tone you hear was from a Spector NS-2 bass, Ampeg SVT-II amp head, SVT-810E cabinet and on the Dirt album I also used an ART SGX Nightbass in addition to the miked up cabinet and direct box.

Right from the guy who was there!"

as you see here mike is playing a gibson grabber ll bass

its the model ll cause you see the silver pickups and the color black over the headstock and body (and black pickguard)

"In the photo, Mike Starr is featured in a promotional setting with GHS Bass Boomers M3045X 45-105 strings."

In this user-uploaded photo, Mike Starr is seen playing a Kramer Forum III bass guitar, likely from a period before he switched to using a Spector.

In this picture you can see Mike holding this bass you can tell by the headstock and body

Mike Starr used a Boss BF-2 Flanger on the track "Rooster," as discussed in the Basschat forum thread titled "Rooster isolated bass - What's the effect?"

In this article about Jerry Cantrell’s guitar tone on Dirt, producer Dave Jerden mentions that some of Mike Starr’s bass tracks were recorded through a Vox Westminster. Jerden was quoted as saying; “I had an SVT amp plus A Sans Amp track, and I had an EFX track for bass that had slight chorusing /Flanging PLUS a straight DI track AND a VOX Westminster bass amp with an 18″ speaker! So I had 5 tracks Bass! Pre amps were 1073’s 1176 compressor on each track.”

According to Rock Stars Guitars, Mike Starr owned and used a Japanese Höfner 500/1 Style Bass.

Mike Starr used the EMG PJ Set Active Ceramic PJ Bass Pickup Set Black on his Spector NS-2 bass, as these were the stock pickups at the time, as evidenced by the image proof provided.

In the video, Mike Starr consistently wears the Ernie Ball Jacquard Polypro Guitar Strap Peace Love Dove.